List of metropolitan areas in the Americas

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The list of metropolitan areas in the Americas has the top 50 most populous as of the most recent census results or projections. It is impossible to definitively compare and rank areas, because each country may set its own definition of metropolitan area. Where available, it uses official definitions of metropolitan areas based on one urban core and immediate surroundings, as opposed to polycentric conurbations. Population data are the most recent census results or projections from the authoritative national agency responsible for demographics.

The São Paulo metropolitan area is the most populous metropolitan area in the Americas, with a population of 23,443,587 as of 2022.

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Metropolitan area Country Population Year Notes
1 São Paulo  Brazil 23,443,587 2022 [1]
2 Mexico City  Mexico 21,804,515 2020 [2]
3 New York  United States 21,000,000 2023 [3]
4 Buenos Aires  Argentina 16,700,000 2022 [a][5][6]
5 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 13,191,031 2022 [7]
6 Los Angeles  United States 12,799,100 2023 [3]
7 Bogotá  Colombia 12,772,828 2022 [b][9]
8 Lima Perú 11,283,787 2022 [c][11]
9 Toronto  Canada 11,198,136 2025 [d][12]
10 Chicago  United States 9,262,825 2023 [3]
11 Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 8,100,037 2023 [3]
12 Houston  United States 7,510,253 2023 [3]
13 Santiago  Chile 6,903,479 2017 [13]
14 Atlanta  United States 6,307,261 2023 [3]
15 Washington  United States 6,304,975 2023 [3]
16 Philadelphia  United States 6,246,160 2023 [3]
17 Belo Horizonte  Brazil 6,194,000 2022 [1]
18 Miami  United States 6,183,199 2023 [3]
19 Detroit–Windsor  United States
 Canada		 5,847,372 2024 [14]

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20 San Diego–Tijuana  United States
 Mexico		 5,434,061 2020 [16][2]
21 Monterrey  Mexico 5,341,171 2015 [2]
22 Guadalajara  Mexico 5,286,642 2015 [2]
23 Maracaibo Venezuela 5,278,448 2010 [17]
24 Caracas Venezuela 5,243,301 2011 [18]
25 Phoenix  United States 5,070,110 2023 [3]
26 Boston  United States 4,919,179 2023 [3]
27 Brasília  Brazil 4,808,484 2022 [19]
28 Montreal  Canada 4,615,154 2024 [20]
29 San Francisco  United States 4,566,961 2023 [3]
30 Porto Alegre  Brazil 4,405,769 2022 [1]
31 Santo Domingo  Dominican Republic 4,274,651 2022 [21]
32 Fortaleza  Brazil 4,167,996 2015 [1]
33 Medellín  Colombia 4,068,000 2022 [9]
34 Seattle  United States 4,044,837 2023 [3]
35 Salvador  Brazil 3,919,864 2022 [1]
36 Recife  Brazil 3,743,854 2022 [1]
37 Curitiba  Brazil 3,731,769 2022 [1]
38 Minneapolis–Saint Paul  United States 3,712,020 2023 [3]
39 Campinas  Brazil 3,656,363 2022 [1]
40 Tampa–St. Petersburg  United States 3,342,963 2023 [3]
41 Puebla–Tlaxcala  Mexico 3,199,530 2020 [2]
42 San Jose Costa Rica 3,160,000 2011 [22]
43 Guatemala City  Guatemala 3,160,000 2024 [23]
44 Guayaquil  Ecuador 3,092,000 2022 [24]
45 Vancouver  Canada 3,049,496 2023 [citation needed]
46 Denver  United States 3,005,131 2023 [3]
47 Port-au-Prince  Haiti 2,915,000 2022 [25]
48 Quito  Ecuador 2,889,703 2022 [26]
49 Cali  Colombia 2,837,000 2022 [9]
50 Baltimore  United States 2,834,316 2023 [3]
50 Orlando  United States 2,817,933 2023 [3]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    INDEC defines Greater Buenos Aires as comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires plus 24 partidos of Buenos Aires Province, namely Almirante Brown, Avellaneda, Berazategui, Esteban Echeverría, Ezeiza, Florencio Varela, Hurlingham, Ituzaingó, José C. Paz, La Matanza, Lanús, Lomas de Zamora, Malvinas Argentinas, Merlo, Moreno, Morón, Quilmes, San Fernando, San Isidro, San Miguel, Tigre and Vicente López.[4]
  2. [b]
    DANE defines the metropolitan area of Bogotá as comprising the Capital District and 17 municipalities in Cundinamarca: Soacha, Facatativá, Zipaquirá, Chía, Mosquera, Madrid, Funza, Cajicá, Sibaté, Tocancipá, La Calera, Sopó, Tabio, Tenjo, Cota, Gachancipá and Bojacá.[8]
  3. [c]
    INEI defines the Lima Metropolitan Area as comprising Lima Province and the Constitutional Province of Callao.[10]
  4. [d]
    The core area of the Golden Horseshoe for Toronto has a population of 9,765,188 over 10,097.45 sqkm and the total area including the extended area has a population of 11,198,136 over 31,561.57 sqkm.

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